European Journal of Forest Research

Papers
(The median citation count of European Journal of Forest Research is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience44
Effects of stand age on tree biomass partitioning and allometric equations in Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations40
Recent forest area increase in Europe: expanding and regenerating forests differ in their regional patterns, drivers and productivity trends32
Forest multifunctionality is not resilient to intensive forestry32
Production potential, biodiversity and soil properties of forest reclamations: Opportunities or risk of introduced coniferous tree species under climate change?32
Multi-tree cut-to-length harvesting of short-rotation poplar plantations29
The contribution of deadwood to soil carbon dynamics in contrasting temperate forest ecosystems24
Calibration of the process-based model 3-PG for major central European tree species23
Does the genetic diversity among pubescent white oaks in southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia islands support the current taxonomic classification?23
Tracing drought effects from the tree to the stand growth in temperate and Mediterranean forests: insights and consequences for forest ecology and management22
Silvicultural prescriptions for mixed-species forest stands. A European review and perspective21
The effect of tree mortality on CO2 fluxes in an old-growth spruce forest20
Simulating conversion of even-aged Norway spruce into uneven-aged mixed forest: effects of different scenarios on production, economy and heterogeneity19
Forest bathing and hiking benefits for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean regions18
Past, present and future suitable areas for the relict tree Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Juglandaceae): Integrating fossil records, niche modeling, and phylogeography for conservation17
Development of individual tree growth and yield model across multiple contrasting species using nonparametric and parametric methods in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran17
The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture16
Impacts of wood extraction on soil: assessing rutting and soil compaction caused by skidding and forwarding by means of traditional and innovative methods16
Modelling natural regeneration of European beech in Saxony, Germany: identifying factors influencing the occurrence and density of regeneration16
Long-term nitrogen addition regulates root nutrient capture and leaf nutrient resorption in Larix gmelinii in a boreal forest15
Small-scale private forest owners and the European Natura 2000 conservation network: perceived ecosystem services, management practices, and nature conservation attitudes14
A survey of the skidder fleet of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe14
The influence of fencing on seedling establishment during reforestation of oak stands: a comparison of artificial and natural regeneration techniques including costs14
Scale elasticity and technical efficiency analysis in the European forest sector: a stochastic value-based approach14
Forest inventory-based assessments of the invasion risk of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco and Quercus rubra L. in Germany14
Long-term assessment of soil physicochemical properties and seedlings establishment after skidding operations in mountainous mixed hardwoods14
Overview of the impact of forest habitats quality and landscape disturbances on the ecology and conservation of dormice species14
Short- and long-term growth response to climate in mixed and monospecific forests of Pinus pinea and Pinus pinaster13
Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis13
Ninety-five years of observed disturbance-based tree mortality modeled with climate-sensitive accelerated failure time models13
Demand for forest ecosystem services: a comparison study in selected areas in the Czech Republic and China12
Fertilization of Pinus taeda L. on an acidic oxisol in southern Brazil: growth, litter accumulation, and root exploration12
Ectomycorrhizal symbioses increase soil calcium availability and water use efficiency of Quercus acutissima seedlings under drought stress12
Phenological shifts compensate warming-induced drought stress in southern Siberian Scots pines12
Improving tree biomass models through crown ratio patterns and incomplete data sources11
Soil fungal communities in young Norway spruce-dominant stands: footprints of former land use and selective thinning11
The cost of risk management and multifunctionality in forestry: a simulation approach for a case study area in Southeast Germany11
Influence of light, water stress and shrub cover on sapling survival and height growth: the case of A. unedo, F. ornus and S. domestica under Mediterranean climate11
Higher stand densities can promote soil carbon storage after conversion of temperate mixed natural forests to larch plantations11
Drivers of oak establishment in Mediterranean old fields from 25-year-old woodland islets planted to assist natural regeneration11
The contribution of understorey vegetation to ecosystem evapotranspiration in boreal and temperate forests: a literature review and analysis11
Long-term response of soil and stem wood properties to repeated nitrogen fertilization in a N-limited Scots pine stand11
Vertical variations in wood basic density for two softwood species10
Deep BarkID: a portable tree bark identification system by knowledge distillation10
The effect of forest floor on soil microbial and enzyme indices after forest harvesting operations in Hyrcanian deciduous forests10
Keeping thinning-derived deadwood logs on forest floor improves soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in a temperate spruce forest10
Regeneration in European beech forests after drought: the effects of microclimate, deadwood and browsing10
Genetic variability to assist in the delineation of provenance regions and selection of seed stands and gene conservation units of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz) in southern Germany10
The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress9
Classification of forest communities (co-)dominated by Taxus baccata in the Hyrcanian forests (northern Iran) and their comparison with southern Europe9
Different drought-adaptive capacity of a native Patagonian tree species (Nothofagus pumilio) resulting from local adaptation9
A new taper index based on form-factor: application to three bamboo species (Phyllostachys spp.)9
Interpreting wind damage risk–how multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling9
Dynamics and drivers of aboveground biomass accumulation during recovery from selective harvesting in an uneven-aged forest9
Bryophyte diversity, composition and functional traits in relation to bedrock and tree species composition in close-to-nature managed forests9
A fuzzy logic-based approach for evaluating forest ecosystem service provision and biodiversity applied to a case study landscape in Southern Germany9
Uncertainty of biomass stocks in Spanish forests: a comprehensive comparison of allometric equations9
Drought in the forest breaks plant–fungi interactions9
Spatially explicit assessment of forest road suitability for timber extraction and hauling in Switzerland9
Variations in humus and fine root properties related to development stages in a temperate natural Beech forest9
Combined retention of large living and dead trees can improve provision of tree-related microhabitats in Central European montane forests9
Seed dormancy and germination of a critically endangered plant, Elaeagnus mollis, on the Loess Plateau of China8
Long-term nitrogen addition alters nutrient foraging strategies of Populus davidiana and Betula platyphylla in a temperate natural secondary forest8
Role of environmental filtering and seed source availability in natural regeneration processes following large-scale disturbances in mountain forests8
Overyielding in mixed pine forests with belowground complementarity: impacts on understory8
Survival time and mortality rate of regeneration in the deep shade of a primeval beech forest8
Tree species and microhabitat affect forest bog spider fauna8
Long-term nitrogen addition further increased carbon sequestration in a boreal forest8
Leaf phenology correlates with fruit production in European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and in temperate oaks (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)8
Effect of soil nutrient spatial heterogeneity by cutting disturbance on understory plant diversity in broadleaved-Korean pine forest in Changbai Mountain, China8
European forest sinks and climate targets: past trends, main drivers, and future forecasts8
Assessing soil C stock and C to N ratio of soil organic matter under mixed pine-beech forests at different scales7
The distribution of carbon stocks between tree woody biomass and soil differs between Scots pine and broadleaved species (beech, oak) in European forests7
Estimation of Eucalyptus productivity using efficient artificial neural network7
Fossil-fuel consumption and CO2eq emissions of cut-to-length industrial roundwood logging operations in Finland7
Influencing plantation stand structure through close-to-nature silviculture7
Genetic differentiation of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak stands (Q. robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)7
Thinning decreased soil respiration differently in two dryland Mediterranean forests with contrasted soil temperature and humidity regimes7
Litter removal increases the plant carbon input to soil in a Pinus massoniana plantation7
Which factors influence the density of birch (Betula pendula Roth) seeds in soil seed banks in temperate woodlands?7
Analyzing the effect of silvicultural management on the trade-off between stand structural heterogeneity and productivity over time7
Effects of tree mixture on forest productivity: tree species addition versus substitution7
Comparisons of competitor selection approaches for spatially explicit competition indices of natural spruce-fir-broadleaf mixed forests7
Long-term effects of succession, climate change and insect disturbance on oak-pine forest composition in the U.S. Central Hardwood Region7
Tree species admixture increases ecosystem service provision in simulated spruce- and beech-dominated stands6
Dynamics and drivers of post-windthrow recovery in managed mixed mountain forests of Slovenia6
Limitations of estimating branch volume from terrestrial laser scanning6
Stand delineation based on laser scanning data and simulated annealing6
Stand density, climate and biodiversity jointly regulate the multifunctionality of natural forest ecosystems in northeast China6
DNA-based tracking of historical introductions of forest trees: the case of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Lithuania6
Weak relationships of continuous forest management intensity and remotely sensed stand structural complexity in temperate mountain forests6
Nordic forest management towards climate change mitigation: time dynamic temperature change impacts of wood product systems including substitution effects6
Canopy species composition drives seasonal soil characteristics in a Mediterranean riparian forest6
Functional traits and stand factors as strong drivers of radial growth response to hotter drought in a temperate forest of North China6
Scots pine responses to drought investigated with eddy covariance and sap flow methods6
Managerial ability and productivity growth in the European forest sector6
Winter storm risk assessment in forests with high resolution gust speed data6
Isotopic responses to dry and wet episodes as captured in tree rings of southern Altai relict forests6
Growth and wood density of Pinus taeda L. as affected by shelterwood harvest in a two-aged stand in Southern Brazil6
Effect of forest roadside on vegetation characteristics in the Hyrcanian temperate forest6
Temporal changes in soil chemical compositions in acidified mountain forest soils of Czech Republic6
A comparison of radial increment and wood density from beech provenance trials in Slovenia and Hungary5
An estimation method to reduce complete and partial nonresponse bias in forest inventory5
Soil organic matter transformation influenced by silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) succession on abandoned from agricultural production sandy soil5
Assessing logging residues availability for energy production by using forest management plans data and geographic information system (GIS)5
Quantile regression for modelling the impact of climate in cork growth quantiles in Portugal5
The relationship between plant diversity and aboveground biomass in managed and unmanaged temperate forests5
Stemflow infiltration hotspots near-tree stems along a soil depth gradient in a mixed oak–beech forest5
Effect of pre-germination treatment with direct magnetic field exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Speciation and historical migration pattern interaction: examples from P. nigra and P. sylvestris phylogeography5
Predicting aboveground biomass yield for moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) plantations based on the diameter distribution model5
Pollution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in forest soils with changes in the leaf traits and membrane integrity of Vaccinium myrtillus L.5
Genetic diversity of seeds from four German Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seed orchards5
Large-scale geostatistical mapping and occupancy-abundance patterns of Cerambyx species threatening SW Spain oak forests5
Tolerance of Japanese larch to drought is modified by nitrogen and water regimes during cultivation of container seedlings5
A geography-based decision support tool to quantify the circular bioeconomy and financial performance in the forest-based sector (r.forcircular)5
Nutrient fluxes via litterfall in silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) stands growing on post-arable soils5
Funding for planting missing species financially supports the conversion from pure even-aged to uneven-aged mixed forests and climate change mitigation5
Dissecting the continuum and unravelling the phylogeographic knot of plastid DNA in European white oaks (Quercus sect. Quercus): ancient signatures and multiple diversity reservoirs5
Clear-cutting without additional regeneration treatments can trigger successional setbacks prolonging the expected time to compositional recovery in boreal forests5
The role of pit-mound microrelief in the redistribution of rainwater in forest soils: a natural legacy facilitating groundwater recharge?5
How geographic and climatic factors affect the adaptation of Douglas-fir provenances to the temperate continental climate zone in Europe5
Tree-related microhabitats on live Populus tremula and Picea abies in relation to tree age, diameter, and stand factors in Estonia5
Forest gaps accelerate the degradation of cellulose and lignin in decaying logs in a subalpine forest5
The quadratic relationship between tree species richness and topsoil organic carbon stock in a subtropical mixed-species planted forest5
Growth response of advanced planted European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) after storm-caused loss of shelterwood5
Coupling fossil records and traditional discrimination metrics to test how genetic information improves species distribution models of the European beech Fagus sylvatica5
Morphological and genetic variation of Melolontha spp. from pine stands with different composition and proportion of admixed tree species4
Short-term post-fire structural and compositional habitat resilience in pine plantations4
Stand characteristics modulate secondary growth responses to drought and gross primary production in Pinus halepensis afforestation4
Diversification of coniferous monocultures in the last 30 years and implications for forest restoration: a case study from temperate lower montane forests in Central Europe4
Multi-year, post-harvesting impact assessment in a neotropical secondary Atlantic Forest4
Bark gnawing of forest trees by voles during the growing season4
Loss in macronutrient pools in bilberry and lingonberry in mesic Scots pine forests after Northern red oak introduction4
Does leaf mass per area (LMA) discriminate natural pine populations of different origins?4
Leaving windthrown stands unsalvaged as a management practice for facilitating late-successional carabid assemblages4
Predicting the distribution of European Hop Hornbeam: application of MaxEnt algorithm and climatic suitability models4
Effects of climate and competition on crown width: a case of Korean pine plantations4
Crown allometry and growing space requirements of four rare domestic tree species compared to oak and beech: implications for adaptive forest management4
Establishing a soil quality index to assess the effect of thinning on soil quality in a Chinese fir plantation4
Age-related growth responses of birch to warming along an elevational gradient on Changbai Mountain4
Will the artificial populations be sustainable? A genetic assessment on Caragana korshinskii afforestation in the semiarid regions of North China4
Evaluating retention forestry 10 years after its introduction in temperate forests regarding the provision of tree-related microhabitats and dead wood4
Could timber winching operations be cleaner? An evaluation of two options in terms of residual stand damage, soil disturbance and operational efficiency4
Oak regeneration at the arid boundary of the temperate deciduous forest biome: insights from a seeding and watering experiment4
Genetic diversity, population structure and a core collection establishment of Pinus yunnanensis using microsatellite markers4
Terrestrial laser scanning vs. manual methods for assessing complex forest stand structure: a comparative analysis on plenter forests4
Country-wide assessment of biodiversity, naturalness and old-growth status using national forest inventory data3
Consequences of intraspecific variation in seed size: does the presence of small seeds reduce predation on large ones?3
Storm legacies shaping post-windthrow forest regeneration: learnings from spatial indices in unmanaged Norway spruce stands3
Can mixed forests sequester more CO2 than pure forests in future climate scenarios? A case study of Pinus sylvestris combinations in Spain3
Quantifying the influence of tree species richness on community drought resistance using drone-derived NDVI and ground-based measures of Plant Area Index and leaf chlorophyll in a young tree diversity3
Using tree-ring width and earlywood vessel features to study the decline of Quercus brantii Lindl in Zagros forests of Iran3
Genetic diversity, genetic structure, and germplasm source of Chinese pine in North China3
Modelling the influence of thinning intensity and frequency on the future provision of ecosystem services in Mediterranean mountain pine forests3
Age-independent diameter increment models for mixed mountain forests3
Early-succession secondary forests following agropastoral abandonment are key winter habitats for the conservation of a priority bird in the European Alps3
Effect of copper mining pollution-induced heavy metal toxicities on B. longifolia Benth wood cell characteristics3
Neighbourhood effects modify deer herbivory on tree seedlings3
Guild-dependent effects of forest fragmentation in canopy arthropod diversity associated to Quercus deserticola3
Contrasting successional stages lead to intra- and interspecific differences in leaf functional traits and herbivory levels in a Mexican tropical dry forest3
Simulating cable corridors based on terrestrial LiDAR data3
An insight into long-term effects of biochar application on forest soils3
Genetic variation analysis and comprehensive evaluation of wood property traits of 20-year-old Chinese fir clone3
From the simulation of forest plantation dynamics to the quantification of bark-stripping damage by ungulates3
Effects of light transmittance on growth and biomass of understory seedlings in mixed pine-beech forests3
Tree neighbourhood-scale variation in topsoil chemistry depends on species identity effects related to litter quality3
Long-term response of open-habitats species to wildfire salvage logging: the endangered European wild rabbit as example3
Genetic variation of Picea abies in response to the artificial inoculation of Heterobasidion parviporum3
Genetic and functional leaf traits variability of Quercus laurina along an oak diversity gradient in Mexico3
Genetic resilience of Atlantic forest trees to impacts of biome loss and fragmentation3
Effects of tree species diversity on leaf litter decomposition process in semi-arid Mediterranean oak forests3
Analysis of genotype-by-environment interaction in a multisite progeny test with Scots pine for supporting selection decisions3
Evaluating gap characteristics and their effects on regeneration in Sitapahar forest reserve, Bangladesh3
The influence of Norway spruce and European beech on the vertical distribution of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in temperate forest soils3
Are there hybrid zones in Fagus sylvatica L. sensu lato?3
Distribution and vegetation of Pinus mugo subsp. mugo dieback patches in Maiella massif (Central Italy)3
Long-term impact of wildfire on soil physical, chemical and biological properties within a pine forest3
Bark stripping damage by red deer (Cervus elaphus L.): assessing the spatial distribution on the stand level using generalised additive models3
Segmentation of conifer tree crowns from terrestrial laser scanning point clouds in mixed stands of Scots pine and Norway spruce3
Role of black pine (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold) in European forests modified by climate change3
Anthropogenic deforestation and climate dryness as drivers of demographic decline and genetic erosion in the southernmost European fir forests3
Nonparametric upscaling of bark beetle infestations and management from plot to landscape level by combining individual-based with Markov chain models3
Which trees form the best soil? Reclaimed mine soil properties under 22 tree species: 50 years later—assessment of physical and chemical properties3
Improving dynamic treatment unit forest planning with cellular automata heuristics3
Tree mortality in mature temperate forests of central Mexico: a spatial approach3
Assessment of cable tensile forces in active winch-assist harvesting using an anchor machine configuration3
Analysis of structure from motion and airborne laser scanning features for the evaluation of forest structure3
Country roads as barriers to rodent-mediated seed dispersal in a warm-temperate forest: implications for forest fragmentation3
Technological properties of wood from small diameter in an area of forest exploitation of reduced impact in the Tropical Forest2
A multi-trait assessment of selected provenances of Scots pine following 50 years of growth on a provenance experiment in Central Poland, in the light of climate change2
High versus coppice forests: comparison of sap flow and stem growth of Quercus petraea Matt. during two growing seasons with different precipitation patterns2
Functional traits related to competition for light influence tree diameter increments in a biodiversity manipulation experiment2
Relation of pine crop damage to species-specific density in a multi-ungulate assemblage2
Functional traits explain growth–mortality trade-offs in a mixed broadleaf-conifer forest in northeastern China2
Resin tapping influence on maritime pine growth depends on tree age and stand characteristics2
Environmental controls on seedling establishment in a boreal forest: implications for Scots pine regeneration in continuous cover forestry2
Genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure of unmanaged old-growth versus managed second-growth populations of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Lithuania2
Optimal forest management in the presence of endogenous fire risk and fuel control2
Stocks of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in coniferous forests on the Qilian Mountains: spatial trends and drivers2
Chemical interaction between Quercus pubescens and its companion species is not emphasized under drought stress2
Bark beetle outbreaks in coniferous forests: a review of climate change effects2
Can deadwood be preferred to soil? Vascular plants on decaying logs in different forest types in Central Europe2
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition and precipitation reduction on the fine root dynamics and morphology in a temperate forest2
Evolution of Portuguese community forests and their governance based on new institutional economics2
Quantile regression: prediction of growth and yield for a eucalyptus plantation in northeast Brazil2
Changes in ectomycorrhizal and saprophytic fungal communities during a secondary succession of temperate forests2
Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen stocks after conversion of subtropical natural forest to loblolly pine plantations2
Impact of native tree species introduction on soil nutrient and bacterial community in Eucalyptus plantations2
Changes in soil phosphorus fractions following the conversion of Chinese fir plantations to evergreen broad-leaved forests in subtropical China2
Life histories of Abies alba and Picea abies growing in old-growth forests driven by natural gap-phase dynamics2
A multi-step modelling approach to evaluate the fuel consumption, emissions, and costs in forest operations2
Detection, description, and technological properties of colour aberration in wood of standards and shoots from a chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) coppice stand2
No evidence that coring affects tree growth or mortality in three common European temperate forest tree species2
Similar genetic diversity but increased differentiation revealed among a 58-year-old Pinus massoniana seed-tree stand and its progenies generated at different ages2
Impact of fine woody debris on surface water run-off2
The effects of canopy gaps on soil nutrient properties: a meta-analysis2
Restoring mixed forests through conversion of Norway spruce stands: effects of fencing and mechanical site preparation on performance of planted beech and natural tree regeneration2
Genetic variability of indigenous (Quercus robur L.) and late flushing oak (Quercus robur L. subsp. slavonica (Gáyer) Mátyás) in adult stands compared with their natural regeneration2
Effects of long-term nitrogen addition and seasonal variation on soil faunal community structure in a temperate natural secondary forest2
Structure and dynamics of old-growth Pinus nigra stands in Southeast Europe2
Nonlinear parsimonious forest modeling assuming normal distribution of residuals2
Species-mixing effects on crown dimensions and canopy packing in a young pine–birch plantation are modulated by stand density and irrigation2
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